Re^3: keys %::

I seem to recall that every glob has an SV in the scalar slot as an optimization, but I can't confirm it by reading the source code. (I'm not sure I've even found the right spot in the code.)

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Re^4: keys %:: by blazar (Canon) on Apr 30, 2005 at 11:06 UTC
Indeed it is so, for when I first tried I noticed that the 'SCALAR' key always seemed to be there, which surprised me and back then I checked into the docs to discover that it was supposed to be so. I think it hasn't changed since...	[reply]